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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Siew Kuok Hoon, Dallas, TX (US);
Norman L. Culp, Montgomery, TX (US);
Jun Chen, Allen, TX (US);
Franco Maloberti, Torre D'Isola, IT;
Siew Kuok Hoon, Dallas, TX (US);
Norman L. Culp, Montgomery, TX (US);
Jun Chen, Allen, TX (US);
Franco Maloberti, Torre D'Isola, IT;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A switching regulation system and control scheme efficiently enables driving multiple loads from a common energy storage element, such as an inductor. The control scheme operates to store energy in the energy storage element over a first portion of a cycle, such as by ramping up current through an inductor, according to energy requirements of the multiple loads. After storing the energy in the storage element during the first portion of the cycle, the stored energy is delivered consecutively to each of the multiple loads over a subsequent portion of the cycle.